Bellingham City Council approves hazard pay ordinance for grocery store workers
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The outside of a Safeway store in Seattle, Wash.CLAIRE MAULDING, SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLEPI
Bellingham City Council this week became the latest city in Washington to pass a hazard pay ordinance for grocery store workers.
Under the measure, which passed 5-2, grocery stores across the city with at least 40 employees in Bellingham and 500 worldwide must pay employees an extra $4 per hour in hazard pay throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
“We fought an honorable fight for an honorable cause to give the hard-working people on the front lines what they deserve in these hazardous times, Chris Vincent, a produce worker at Bakerview Fred Meyer, said in a news release from UFCW 21, the union representing grocery workers in the region. I want to personally thank the Bellingham City Council for recognizing the hazardous conditions we work in and for their support in compensating
Bellingham man allegedly hurls car seat with 3-month-old in it into parking lot
The Bellingham Herald 1/1/2021 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Jan. 1 A Bellingham man is suspected of removing a car seat with a 3-month-old boy in it and hurling it into a parking lot during an argument.
Bellingham Police booked Daniel Lee Svege, 29, into Whatcom County Jail Wednesday and he was charged with reckless endangerment, unlawful imprisonment, harassment and fourth-degree assault. Jail records show he was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Officers were called at 3:44 p.m. Dec. 23 to the Bakerview Fred Meyer for a welfare check following a 911 call by a woman who said a man was trying to kidnap her, Lt. Claudia Murphy told The Bellingham Herald in an email. The 911 dispatchers reportedly heard a man shout get out and the woman say guess he is going to let us go.